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More West Seattle Thursday highlights: 5 places to be tonight

In case you didn’t see that photo last night on the WSB Facebook page, we wanted to share it here too – Kevin Schafer sent the first otter-sighting photo in a while, from right in the heart of the beach business district. Meantime, a quick reminder about five major events tonight, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

DESC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TONIGHT: Construction is under way for the 66-unit homeless-housing building in the 5400 block of Delridge Way SW, but there are still issues to discuss and decisions to make, long before it is completed and opened. Tonight is another chance for community members to come hear updates and ask questions at the Advisory Committee‘s meeting – 6:30 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (4408 Delridge Way SW) – here’s the agenda.

It’s rather entertaining that this particular river otter uses the crosswalk. I have seen him cross the street twice, both times in the crosswalk. He appears to walk rather purposefully but not in any particular rush to the beach and then back home to a nearby cottage. I was so pleasantly surprised to see him twice in three days, that I didn’t think to snap a photo with my iphone5, lol. I love Alki!

As cute as he is I’m afraid it could end ugly for the otter living in this location. Either run over- attacked by a dog – or apparently the smell where they live can be repulsive. I think he should be relocated to a little less urbanized environment.